Tag Archives: lightdm

If you are connecting to an X Window session on one machine remotly from another machine running X Windows then by default you will not be able to shut down or reboot the system from the login screen, and will … Continue reading →

I don’t actively dislike the GNOME 3 look and feel, but I don’t really like it either and much prefer the MATE Desktop environment. Previously I installed MATE from the backports repository and used it with Debian wheezy for a … Continue reading →

While working out how to use (or some might say abuse) X windows to allow me access the desktop on several remote systems with different desktop environments and window managers I discovered that it is possible to use both XDMCP … Continue reading →